tors, the goal is to create a movement across America in hundreds of com- munities where veterans and military families return every day. Since the Hiring 500,000 Heroes initiative with Capital One was launched in March of 2012, more than 1,700 companies have committed to hire 585,000 veterans and military spouses. To date, there have been 369,000 confirmed hires. “It is rare in business and in life to
find an opportunity that is a win-win for all involved, but that’s what Hiring Our Heroes is – a win for those veter- ans returning from service looking to transition to civilian life and a win for the trucking industry which is desper- ate to find dedicated, hard-working and safety-minded people to fill many thousands of open positions as drivers or technicians,” said ATA Chairman Duane Long, chairman of Longistics, Raleigh, N.C. “A strong trucking industry is crit-
ical to the growth of our country and our economy. ATA’s pledge to hire and
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support 100,000 veterans sets a tremen- dous example for others to follow,” said Eric Eversole, vice president at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and executive director of Hiring Our Heroes.
ATRI RESEARCH DOCUMENTS ALARMING TRENDS
to worsen in the future. ATRI’s analysis of U.S. Census
Bureau data found that the trucking industry is disproportionately depen- dent on employees 45 years of age or older, many of whom will retire in the next 10-20 years. Complicating this is a sharp decrease over the past 20 years
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Research Institute (ATRI), the trucking industry’s not-for-profit research organi- zation, released a white paper highlight- ing a challenging future for the trucking industry based on demographic data and a dramatic shift in the age of the indus- try’s driver workforce. The analysis offers evidence that the driver shortage is likely
in the number of younger drivers that make up the industry, particularly those 35 and under. “The average age of our current
driver workforce is 52, and we’re notic- ing fewer and fewer younger individuals applying for jobs in recent years,” said Keith Tuttle, Founder, Motor Carrier
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